Hello List: I'm hoping someone can help solve this puzzle for me. I'm looking for the woman that posted the following message about the Porters. I've tried emailing her and it just bounces back to me. I am interested in the same family. Her name is Carole Anderson. Thanks I have just begun researching the Porter family in Rowan Co, and have found what seem to be several "heads" of families, whom I would like to tie together or leave separate, in hopes of finding my own Porters. The family groups I've come up with seem to be: 1. Lawrence Porter ( who m. Betsy Park in 1817). There seems to be a Lawrence father/son here, not sure which is which. They lived on Dutch Second Creek. 2. James Porter who lived on Fourth Creek as early as 1786, may have sons, brothers named William, James, Thomas. 3. Thomas Porter who bought land on Walnut Creek in 1765. 4. James Porter who m. Jenny Thomas in 1809 and had a son James also, m. to Anna Luvinia Pool. 5. William Porter whose will was probated in 1761 and had only one son Robert. 6. Robert Porter who m. Elizabeth McBroom in 1767. 7. John Porter who m. Elizabeth Wasner, a widow, and John Porter who m. Elizabeth d/o John Beaver. I have more information on these men/families from court records, but would like to know if they are connected and anything on any of them, but mostly on 1)Lawrence and 4) James as these are definitely in my line. Thanks. Carole